Where to start…the last few days have been PACKED!! I put a bit of an update with photos on my photography site if you want to see a little glimpse of what I’ve been seeing over the last few days. I’ve been to MSU (MorningStar University) classes, a Fresh Fire meeting with Todd Bentley that I wrote about on my other other blog haha, gosh I have too many blogs…a few worship school classes, a Sunday morning meeting, a prophetic training class, a women’s meeting, and to lunch with a sweet Swiss couple that I met along the way. I feel like I’ve spent most of my time eating and sleeping which is good because I think my body has needed the rest! I’m trying hard to not push myself to go go go, although I’m sure the list I just named sounded like go go go to most people, I really have rested a lot!
I got to celebrate my Uncle David’s birthday with him and his kids on Friday which was great and he is letting me borrow a car so I’ve had transportation for the last few days which has been amazing!! I went to get the brakes done on it today and ended up driving for 45 minutes each way because I had to pull a couple u-turns each way (only one on the way back woo!) because the system of marking streets here is ridiculous. They have little tiny signs down on the street level on one corner – rather than being up near the light like they do everywhere else – so you can’t see what street it is until you’ve already passed it and sometimes not even then…needless to say I found this very frustrating. But at least I’m able to get around! While I was waiting for them to finish the brakes I spent 4 hours at Panera, which is one of my favorite places, and tried to get some work done. I was a little distracted by the two guys across from me who were trying to get into some kind of system and kept having it send activation codes of some sort to their friend’s cell phones…just a tad sketch if you ask me.
My view for most of the day
Interesting things I’ve learned since I’ve been here:
- There is a Denver, North Carolina that is not very far away from Charlotte so I’ve had to expand my customary, “I’m from Denver,” intro to include Colorado so that people can be duly impressed with the distance of my travel. 
- Sweet tea is almost too sweet for me since I’m so used to unsweetened, but I did get some just so I could say that I did.
The way tea is done here.
- Charlotte street signs are ridiculous, oh I said that already.
- People at M* are liable to proph all over you at any time, don’t say I didn’t warn you.
- My Papa brings redemption in ways that I never would have thought of.
- I make home everywhere I go. My heart is so for community that everywhere I go I immediately begin developing relationships and getting involved. Case in point, I’m sitting on prophetic teams tomorrow at M*…thanks to Joe S. for that hook up, and I went to a women’s ministry meeting. I’m willing to jump in with just about anything here to get a feel for it. I knit myself into the fabric of places very quickly and then leaving can be kinda hard…I don’t think that’s a bad thing though, just how I am.
This would be a small collection of shoes by our front door.
Overall this has been a great experience so far and I’m excited to see what the next 3 weeks bring!! Staying with these international girls has been so fun! Katrina just walked by going, “Why do I keep hearing the ring bell!?” They are so full of spirit and life and interesting things and perspectives. I’ve had some great conversations with Gloria (my Ugandan friend) and I will certainly miss them when I leave on Tuesday. Woo hoo! Adventures with Jesus are the BEST!
Something I noticed walking to class one day
